Thanks for your reply and suggestion -
The field for how acquired is a drop down box rather than a text box in which to type.
I am selecting "inheritance" as the drop down option.
I have figured out a a couple of kluges that give me the desired result, although when I use them I am not technically entering the correct information.
1) As Bsch4477 suggested, if I enter the donation value as the purchase price instead of entering the value of the stock on the DOD, then the correct amount is deducted.
2) If I enter VARIOUS instead of the DOD for the date aquired, then the correct amount is deducted.
This is the first year I have used turbotax and it seems to have been the wrong decision to do so. I didn't have these kinds of issues when I used a competitor's tax software previously.
